Noda support bounces back, more opposed to sales tax hike
16:37, 20 March 2012
TOKYO. March 20. Public support for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet bounced back from February to over 30 percent but more people are against his policy goal of raising the sales tax rate, a poll by Kyodo News showed Tuesday.
According to Kyodo, the poll also showed that nearly 40 percent of respondents would like to see a new framework in power through the next general election, outnumbering those backing a coalition by the ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party.
In the Monday-Tuesday telephone poll on 1,451 eligible voters, of whom 1,015 responded, the Cabinet support rating rose 2.6 percentage points to 31.6 percent. The disapproval rating stood at 50.2 percent, down from 55.2 percent in the previous poll.
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